Post 284 Bucs fall short to Post 125 Lakeside

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Jul 20, 2011 at 12:01 AMSep 10, 2014 at 9:51 AM

After four straight days of American Legion baseball, the Post 284 Colonial Heights Bucs lost a tight game to Post 125 Lakeside in the district tournament 10-9 at Powhatan High School on Tuesday.The Bucs were able to reach the next round of the tourname

After four straight days of American Legion baseball, the Post 284 Colonial Heights Bucs lost a tight game to Post 125 Lakeside in the district tournament 10-9 at Powhatan High School on Tuesday.

The Bucs were able to reach the next round of the tournament with winning two games and losing one.

"We started off hot, swinging the bats very well. We jumped on them early," said Post 284 Bucs coach Merrill Morgan. "But they just kept chipping away and chipping away and got back in it. They got the big hits in the later part of the game."

During the regular season, the two teams had split the series. The most recent with the Bucs striking back with a vengeance, proving that they could hang with any team.

Some of the biggest strengths for Post 284 this season has been its depth in hitting and pitching and how the Dinwiddie, Matoaca, and Prince George baseball programs gel so nicely.

"The team really responded in the second half of the season. They all get along with one another knowing how each other plays which I think helps a lot," Morgan said. "It's a tribute to their coaching staffs in the Central District that do a good job of always wanting to compete to the highest and battling for that position."

But with the weird weather sometimes in American Legion baseball and the consecutive games, that can take a toll on the pitching staff.

"We played so many games in a row that we knew that we would have to score a lot of runs to win the game," Morgan said. "We had played four games straight since Saturday and before that we only had one day off and had played like four or five games in a row so it takes a toll on your pitchers."

However, despite the number of consecutive games played, Morgan is proud of the way his team came together including Forrest Lodge, Jamar Hinton, Nolan Overby and Travis Wamsley.

"I thought that Jamar Hinton was outstanding. When we had tryouts we knew that he could play on the juniors and do well but that he was good enough to play up, I just didn't know how much playing time he would get and by the second half of the season I couldn't keep him out of the lineup," Morgan said of the Dinwiddie player. "Also having Travis Wamsley and Nolan Overby to share catching duties was vital. Forrest Lodge was another one who came back to play baseball and had a tremendous year with nine or 10 home runs."

POST 284 COLONIAL HEIGHTS BUCS 412 001 100 - 9 13 3

POST 125 LAKESIDE 004 013 02x - 10 13 2

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